Responding to a significant increase in potential threats to lawmakers and the public in recent years, Secretary of State ...

Statehouse security tightens with new screening measures amid rising threats; visitors may face longer lines during sessions.

GLEN CARBON - The Glen Carbon Police Department will see some personnel changes in the near future as it expands its hiring ...

PAXTON — Two people were hospitalized following a four-vehicle crash that shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 57 for more than two hours Tuesday night near Paxton. Illinois State Police said the ...

Former Illinois state Rep. Edward Acevedo must testify in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan, a federal ...

Advocates hope local sanctuary laws can help protect undocumented immigrants from deportation in coming years. But will they?

Illinois lawmakers have also sought to enshrine limitations on vehicle searches based on the smell of cannabis into state law ...

Illinois lawmakers have also sought to enshrine limitations on vehicle searches based on the smell of cannabis into state law. The Senate passed a bill in 2023 that would prohibit police from ...

Tom Homan made his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP holiday party. He also warned Mayor Brandon Johnson about the deportation plan, saying, "If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way." ...

Hundreds of new laws are set to go into effect in Illinois on January 1st, 2025. One requires police to take specialized ...